Arthur Johnson was captured and returned to Orleans Parish Prison in the summer of 2009 after being on the run for almost three weeks.

As he was re-entering OPP, Johnson said, "CNN's going to get the story, you heard me. I got live footage, three tapes, they put up safe, believe that."

The tapes Johnson referred to are likely the ones released in court Tuesday by a federal judge as part of the federal consent decree hearing for the Orleans Parish Prison. The first of three videos shown features an inmate, believed to be Johnson, roaming Bourbon Street and boasting about the fact that he is out of jail.

"Cause, y'all know I'm supposed to be in jail right now," said Johnson.

The video runs about seven minutes long.

In court, attorneys for the city of New Orleans did not say when the video was made, but mentioned that the inmate seen in it may have been allowed to leave prison multiple times on several occasions.

"This videotape was hidden away from the public in a safe in the sheriff's office and only came to light when the city's legal team fought to uncover it," New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu said in statement Tuesday.

Legal analysts told WDSU that there are now serious questions as to whether Johnson broke out in 2009, or if OPP staff allowed him to leave.